An eastern Kentucky woman was arrested last week for child abuse after reports said her son “showed signs of torture.” The returned to school on Tuesday after not attending since before Christmas and appeared to have “chipped front teeth and a busted nose,” WYMT reports. A school official called police, and the boy told investigators …
A 29-year-old woman has been arrested on suspicion of homicide after she allegedly beat her 14-year-old son to death with an extension cord when he didn’t complete his chores. Seattle Police said they responded to the scene Thursday afternoon and found the boy suffering from multiple injuries. He was taken to Harborview Medical Center in …
The pathologist who conducted the autopsy on teacher Ellen Greenberg — and who changed his ruling on the manner of death from homicide to suicide at the insistence of police — has settled a lawsuit filed by Greenberg’s parents against three city officials claiming that they botched the investigation and covered it up. The Greenbergs …
A South Carolina woman has been charged with attempted murder after she hit her husband with her SUV and then had her kids put him in the vehicle and drove off. Brittany Rose Hernandez was arrested on Thursday for the incident which took place on Tuesday in Forest Acres. Forest Acres Police said a witness …
An Indianapolis woman charged with neglect after her toddler daughter was found dead underneath a dresser has now been charged with murder. An autopsy revealed that 2-year-old Skylar Gardner died from hypothermia and that she had several injuries, some of the post-mortem and believed to have been caused by a rodent, WRTV reported. Chantell Gardner …
A Connecticut man was arrested this week after he allegedly stabbed his wife to death and shot his mother-in-law, all in front of the couple’s two children. Christopher Raye, 45, has been charged with murder in the death of 30-year-old Bryana Raye, along with first-degree assault with a firearm, illegal discharge of a firearm, criminal …
A missing Kentucky woman who disappeared in December was found dead Saturday near a Mason County park. Maysville Police said the body of Eugenia Harris Cooley, 47, was found just before 11 a.m. Cooley was last seen leaving her apartment on December 21, as CrimeOnline reported. Police have not determined what happaned to her but …
The ex-boyfriend of a missing Michigan woman has now been charged with murder in the case. Deandre Booker, 32, was also arraigned on charges of tampering with evidence, mutilation of a dead body, and concealing the death of an individual, the Macomb County Prosecutor’s Office said. Booker was previously charged with lying to police investigating …
Three Virginia women have been charged in connection with the death of a 4-year-old boy police say was “subject to long term abuse” by the three, all members of the boy’s family. The boy’s 5-year-old sister also suffered abuse and neglect by Rebecca Ann Romero, 53; Shanyah Elizabeth Dilda, 22; and Kemmilyn Anita Wade, 18, …
A 26-year-old New Hampshire man has been indicted on dozens of counts related the the sexual assault of multiple children. Alexander Haggie was initially arrested in October 2024 but was indicted this week on 40 counts, including aggravated felonious sexual assault, witness tampering, and assault, the Manchester Police Department said. He’s being held on preventative …
The mother of a “missing” Illinois 4-year-old girl — later determined not to be missing at all — has been arrested for filing a false report in the case. The Rock Island Police Department said Princess Ilunga, 37, called police on January 16 and reported that her car had been stolen with her daughter inside …
A Philadelphia judge ruled Friday that a lawsuit can go forward against several city officials over the handling of the death of Ellen Greenburg, a 27-year-old teacher whose death was ruled a suicide despite being found with 20 stab wounds. The judge dismissed the lawsuit for one defendant — a police supervisor who was a …
